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Hi y'all! I'm taking the plunge into chicken parenting after several years of hoping to do so. My child's school has an agriculture program & they are hatching my eggs. I've ordered 30 of the top hat assortment of eggs from McMurray. I have no idea what to expect!! Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated since it seems hard to find good info on McMurray hatch rates. I know that ordering chicks would be a better bet, but the eggs are what the school program requires and providing them is a way to support the school.

Glad you could join us here! How exciting for you to be getting your chicken adventures started
What a wonderful way to support the school, I'm sure the children will find the whole hatching experience fascinating. It sure is great to see the chicks emerge from the egg.
Your top hat assortment sounds very interesting and I'm sure they will be crested breeds. I love the crested breeds, especially polish. Maybe you will get some of those in your chicks?

Greetings from Kansas, livhatcher, and ! Great to have you with us. All I know about hatching is that hatch rates are lower when getting eggs through the mail as you can never account for how much the eggs were jostled or temps in the truck during transport. But some will hatch. The other concern is for down the road...what is the plan for the chicks, particularly the males? Really awesome that you are supporting the school. Best wishes and good luck to you!

Glad you could join us here! How exciting for you to be getting your chicken adventures started
What a wonderful way to support the school, I'm sure the children will find the whole hatching experience fascinating. It sure is great to see the chicks emerge from the egg.
Your top hat assortment sounds very interesting and I'm sure they will be crested breeds. I love the crested breeds, especially polish. Maybe you will get some of those in your chicks?

Greetings from Kansas, livhatcher, and ! Great to have you with us. All I know about hatching is that hatch rates are lower when getting eggs through the mail as you can never account for how much the eggs were jostled or temps in the truck during transport. But some will hatch. The other concern is for down the road...what is the plan for the chicks, particularly the males? Really awesome that you are supporting the school. Best wishes and good luck to you!

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I'm planning on only keeping hens & feel very lucky that a chicken friend a few towns over has offered to take the males off of my hands. She knows several people who might be interested in a crested male for their flocks. Trying to be optimistic & responsible!! Thanks for the great tips!

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun. Unlike non chicken loving friends, family and colleagues, BYC’ers never tire of stories or pictures that feature our feathered and non feathered friends

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Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to join the BYC family. I look forward to seeing you around BYC. Good luck with your hatch and I look forward to seeing pictures.